Unraveling Temporal Threads: Negotiating the Progressive Tenses in English-in-India and Its Cultural Significance
Thursday, August 1, 2024
09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)
Paper Abstract: English, being the primary language spoken worldwide, has emerged as one of the most widely utilized foreign languages in several Asian nations, including India. India is proud of being an owner of more than twenty official languages in addition to countless dialects. This enables us to observe how English, as a foreign language, not only fits into but also influences India's rich cultural background. The aim of this research is to investigate the use of progressive tenses and the attitudes of Indian citizens towards it. This research applies Kachru's World Englishes to analyze social and cultural issues in different Asian languages. This research explains how the progressive tense is used in English in India through qualitative approaches and interviews. Six native Indian speakers from different age groups, geographical locations, and cultural backgrounds in India served as the research's data sources. The data analysis encompasses insights from interviews concerning perspectives on ongoing time, which are vital in the progressive tenses of Indian English. Direct interviews conducted with Indian native speakers serve as the method of data collection in this research. The interviews are then recorded, transcribed, and further evaluated.
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